Wed, Jun 24, 2015
One Pilot Crash-Landed Damaged Airplane But Was Uninjured
A mid-air collision in northeast Alberta, Canada has resulted in the fatal injury of two people on board one of the airplanes involved, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The accident occurred over Canada's oil sands project. The two planes collided at about 8:00 p.m. local time, according to Reuters. A helicopter was used to locate the accident scene, where police confirmed that two people had been fatally injured. They have not yet been identified.
The other pilot managed to crash-land his airplane at Fort McMurray Airport in Alberta, CA, and was uninjured, according to the report.
A video of that landing was captured by a witness and posted on YouTube (contains strong language). The pilot can be seen descending at an airport. The plane touches down and noses over. There are firetrucks in the area, and the pilot can be seen getting out of the airplane and running towards the trucks. The person capturing the video was apparently not aware why the airplane was damaged.
The CBC reports that the wreckage of a Cessna 172 was found in a wooded area with the remains of two people still inside.
An employee of McMurray Aviation told the CBC that one of its aircraft had been involved in a "tragic accident," but would not say if it was a mid-air collision.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada arrived on the scene Monday to begin its investigation.
The airplane that landed at the Fort McMurray airport had departed from that facility earlier Sunday. It was not known from where the other airplane had departed, or its intended destination.
(Image from witness YouTube video)
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